Brush, cleaner, or polisher.



PATENTED MAY 8, 1904.

E. A. BURT & H. HARRIS.

BRUSH, CLEANER, 0R POLISEER.

APPLIUATION FILED JAN. 19. 1904.

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Patented May 3, 1904. l

PATENT OEEIcE.

ELI A. BURT AND HERMEN HARRIS, OF NEWV YORK, N. Y.

BRUSH, CLEANERs OR POLISHER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No 759,155, dated May 3,1904.

, Application filed January 19, 1904. Serial No. 189,721. (No model.)

To (ZZZ whom, it may concern.-

Beit known that we, ELI A. BURT and HER- MEN HARRIs, residents ofBrooklyn, in the county of Kings and State of New York, have inventedcertain new and useful Improvements in Brushes, Cleaners, or Polishers;and we do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exactdescription of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in theart to which it appertains to make and use the same.

Our invention relates to an improved brush, cleaner, or polisher--oneadapted for use as a hat or clothes brush, shoe or stove polisher,blackboard or slate cleaner, or for other like uses--the object of theinvention being to provide a simple and inexpensive device of thischaracter which will be a most efficient cleaner or polisher and of suchsize and shape as to be readily carried about and which will also beadapted for advertising purposes.

With these objects in view the invention consists in certain novelfeatures of construction and combinations and arrangements of parts, aswill be more fully hereinafter described, and pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure l is a perspective viewillustrating our improvements. Fig. 2 is a view in longitudinal sectionthereof on the line as m of Fig. 3, and Fig. 3 is a view in crosssectionon the line 3 1 of Fig. 2.

1 represents a front, and 2 a back or rear, sheet of felt, both of thesame size, stitched or sewed together all around their edges, as shownat 7, Figs. 2 and 3. Between sheets 1 and 2 is a felt strip 3, which isfolded and stitched together at intermediate points, as shown at 8, Fig.2, to form a series of rounded tongues or folds 4;, projected throughslots 5 in sheet 1. The ends of strip 3 are secured to sheets 1 and 2 attheir ends by the stitching 7, and a strap 6 is located longitudinallyalong back sheet 2 and secured at its ends thereto by the stitching 7.This strap 6 may be used as a handheld or back strap for the hand tofacilitate the manipulation of the brush and is well adapted to receiveadvertising matter thereon.

By constructing our improvements as above explained the tongues or foldsi and inner sheet 1 form a brush, cleaner, or polisher which will affordgreat resistance and frictional contact to take up all dirt, dust, lint,&c., and owing to the flexibility of the device can be gotten intonarrow and confined spaces to effectually clean or polish them. It is ofconvenient size and shape to be carried about, is cheap to manufacture,and will last a long time and withstand hard usage.

While we preferably employ felt in the construction of the device, We donot restrict ourselves to such material, as various other flexiblematerial might be employed and a great many changes might be made in thegeneral arrangement and combination of parts without departing from ourinvention. Hence we do not restrict ourselves to the precise details setforth, but consider ourselves at liberty to make such slight changes andalterations as fairly fall within the spirit and scope of our invention.

Having fully described our invention, what we claim as new, and desireto secure by Letters Patent, is-- 1. A device of the class described,comprising a perforated strip, a second strip secured to the perforatedstrip, and flexible tongues projecting from said second strip andextending outwardly through the perforations of the perforated strip.

2. A device of the class described, comprising a flexible perforatedstrip, a second flexible strip secured to the perforated strip andhaving a series of flexible tongues projecting outwardly through theperforations of the perforated strip.

3. A device of the class described, comprising a strip of flexiblematerial, secured together at intermediate points forming a series oftongues projecting outward from the strip.

a. A device of the class described, comprising a sheet having slotstherein, a strip of flexible material secured laterally at intermediatepoints, forming a series of tongues projecting through the slots in saidsheet, and said sheet and strip secured together.

5. A device of the class described, comprising two sheets of flexiblematerial, one of which having slots therein, a strip of flexiblematerial between the sheets, and having a series of tongues projectingthrough the slots in said sheet, and said sheets and strip securedtogether.

6. A device of the class described, comprising two felt sheets, theinner sheet having slots therein, a felt strip located between thesheets and stitched at intermediate points forming tongues projectedthrough the slots in said inner sheet, a strap across the outer sheet,

and said sheets, strip, and strap, all sewed or stitched together.

In testimony whereof We have signed this specification in the presenceof tWo subscribing Witnesses.

ELI A. BURT. HERMEN HARRIS.

lVitnesses:

R. L. EVANS, GEORGE A. CoLLIs.

